I heard of some people actually cutting hair off tracks and wigs to be used as pieces while doing the crochet braids but I prefer buying the $6.99 packs of hair. I did the same process as last time in terms of the cornrow pattern. The only changes I made from the last crochet braids style was:

Made my part more natural looking - I put away the rat tail comb and just parted it with my fingers making sure to not make it a straight line

Combined cornrows in the back - Before I had one cornrow for every cornrow in the front going down the back i.e. if I had 12 rows in the front, I had 12 rows in the back. This time I had 12 rows in the front and 6 rows in the back - combined two rows into one in the back - believe me this saves you the most time when putting in the hair in the back!

Sewed the left over hair in the back to my actual hair - Last time the tails from the cornrows hanging in the back were annoying. I tried everything from crocheting them into the track to braiding it up but it always kept hanging in the back of my neck. So I took some weave thread and a needle, braided all the cornrow tails together and sewed it to one of the cornrow tracks

I used half of a blended freetress gogo curl pack (one of the TP packs) and half of a regular color pack (#4) - so in total I only needed one pack! I think it is because this hair is more curly and fuller when you put it in, whereas I needed two packs of Freetress Bohemian Hair to cover my head adequately.

Crochet Braids Gogo Curl

The whole installation time took 2 hours!!! I am not joking and my head is not that small. It took 1.5hrs for the front and about 30 minutes to do the back - mostly because I combined cornrows.

I do find this type of hair needs some more shaping and cutting that the Bohemian hair. I am also curious what is going to happen when I go swimming in it because I think it probably will get more tangly and matted once it dries. I plan on leaving it in for one month this time (instead of 2.5 months!) since I am anticipating this hair will not last as long as the Bohemian hair because it is a lot softer and looser curl. I could also just cut out this hair from my head, keep my cornrows in and start afresh with the remaining packs I have since it only takes 2 hours...

As I mentioned in my blog post (peep link in bio above) there was a time I was WRAPPING each individual Loc to do faux locs...and it took me 12 hours to complete! 😭Anyway a mix of the crochet method with some individuals is really the best way to go and only takes like 2.5hours out of your afternoon and LASTS longer! #fauxlocs #locs #crochetbraids #crochethairstyles #naturalhair #freetress #freetresssoftfauxlocs #kinkyhair

New blog post AND video on how to perm rod curl Cuban Twist crochet braids✨🤸🏾‍♀️✨ I did it after wearing straight Cuban Twist for ✌🏾TWO✌🏾weeks and totally refreshed the style to be worn curly for another two weeks! #bombcrochetdaily #naturalhair #crochetbraids #cwkgirls #protectivestyles #cubantwist #curling #myhaircrush #curls #curly #freetress

And to answer everyone's questions including my own...No! Straightened Cuban Twist crochet braids are NOT stiff 🙅🏽You know I always have to conduct a #windcheck when it comes to #crochetbraids 😂 More on the blog today! #cubantwisthair #naturalhair #cubantwist #kinky #curly #protectivestyles #pressncurl

Cuban Double Strand Twist crochet braids makes you wish for the childhood days of full unmanageable textured hair✨🤸🏾‍♀️✨ this is before you straighten it out #equal #cubantwist #textured #kinky #curly #bighair #afro #naturalhair #crochetbraids #textured #protectivestyles

Taming of the Cuban Twist (a mixture of blow drying and flat ironing) - finally some textured straight crochet braids with a natural part and none of my hair left out!! 🙌🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾 more on the blog! #naturalhair #crochetbraids #cubantwist #cubantwisthair #straightcubantwist #curly #kinky #protectivestyles